Game-Based Learning plays a significant role in teaching by causing students to collaborate, communicate, interact, and work in teams. Strategic games strengthen the functioning of the brain. Gaming generates a dynamic which can inspire learners to develop skills and build an emotional connection to learning and subject matter. Dr. Matthew Farber, Ed.D. is an Assistant Professor of Technology, Innovation and Pedagogy (TIP) at the University of Northern Colorado, and founder of the Gaming SEL Lab. His research is at the intersection of game-based learning (GBL) and social and emotional learning (SEL). He studies affinity spaces of educators who use games in classrooms and how they afford student agency while also teaching skills of empathy, design thinking, and systems thinking. He also works in youth initiatives around game design as a form of self-expression. He joined myself and my identical twin brother Keith McShan to discuss the impact of Game-Based Learning.

For more information: https://matthewfarber.com/

Twitter: @MatthewFarber

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